Business Calendar

July 29: "How to Build Your Website on a Shoestring Budget" will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico. Cost: $40 prepaid, $50 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017. The workshop teaches how to use specific tools to build a website without codes, and affordable solutions to business issues. Topics include integrating video and audio, blogs, photo galleries, basic online shopping. Students will be able to create a page, add media, and more.

Aug. 6: A series of workshops for start-up or new businesses is planned by the Small Business Development Center. Details: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday through Aug. 27 at the center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico. Cost: $50 prepaid or $60 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017. The training includes an orientation, market and cost analysis, business plans, legal requirements, market assessment, start-up costs, and funding.

August 7: "Meet Your Local Workers' Compensation Judge" will be sponsored by the Tehama County Employer Advisory Council and state Employment Development Department. Details: 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Red Bluff Job Training Center, 724 Main St., Red Bluff. Cost: free to members, $20 nonmembers. Reservations: Michelle Clement 529-7000 or mclement@ncen.org Judge Kathleen Ortega of the state Department of Industrial Relations/Workers Compensation will speak. Butte and Tehama counties are in her region.

August 7: The series "Financial Management for Existing Businesses" will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evenings until Sept. 4 at the center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd., Chico. Cost: free (sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank) but registration is required at 895-9017. The series will teach existing business owners how to manage business financials. Topics include financial statements, cash flow cycles, financial ratios to troubleshoot and improve performance among others.

August 12: "Basic Sales and Use Tax" will be presented by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: 9 a.m. to noon at the center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico. Cost: free, but must register at 895-9017. A representative of the California Board of Equalization will talk about basic sales and use tax requirements including: seller's permits, resale and exemption certificates, taxable vs nontaxable, electronic filing and more.

August 14: "Introduction to QuickBooks I" will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Medical Specialty Center, 284 Spruce St., Gridley. Cost: $40 prepaid, $50 at the door. Reservations: 895-9017. The workshop focuses on how QuickBooks works and includes common terms, preferences, opening balances, new customers, vendors and more. The trainer is a certified public accountant and QuickBooks Pro Advisor. Includes manual.

August. 28: "ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification" will be offered by the Small Business Development Center at Butte College. Details: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the center, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd., Chico. Cost: $120 prepaid or $30 at the door (includes textbook); $80 prepaid, $90 at the door without textbook. 895-9017. California health law requires retesting and recertification every five years. The course includes the exam, essentials, textbook, certification and more.